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1 hr ago | Caribbean Net News

Tourist jumps off Guyana waterfall, presumed dead

A woman jumped off a towering waterfall in Guyana on Saturday in an apparent suicide, tourism workers said.

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Related Topix: Guyana, World News

Sun Nov 08, 2009

News.com.au

Families sue over Air France crash

RELATIVES of eight victims of an Air France flight that crashed en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris have filed lawsuits in the US and UK seeking damages.

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Related Topix: Brazil

OfficialWire

Colombia's Uribe Under Fire Over U.S. Bases Pact

Colombian President Alvaro Uribe is once again under fire over the contents of a security pact that permits wide-ranging U.S. access to Colombian military bases as part of counter-narcotic and counter-terrorism operations in South America.

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Related Topix: World News, Colombia, Alvaro Uribe, Terrorism, Drugs

Clover Herald

3 Colombians die in anti-personnel mine blasts

Colombian officials say three adults have been killed and two children wounded in two related anti-personnel mine blasts in the country's northwest.

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Related Topix: World News, Colombia,

Expressindia

Delhi, Mumbai to join world's richest cities list

London India's financial hub Mumbai and political capital Delhi are likely to witness a significant jump in economic growth along with other emerging markets and make it to the league of the world's wealthiest cities by 2025, a report says.

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Related Topix: Brazil, World News

StarTribune

Colombia: A well-preserved treasure

The Plaza Mayor in Villa de Leyva, a mountain-valley town founded by the Spanish in 1572, is notable for its unadorned vastness in Colombia in October 2009.

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Related Topix: World News, Colombia, Travel

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Prensa Latina

16:28 Colombian FARC agains...

Bogota, Nov 6 The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia called on the people to close ranks against the agreement that allows the United States to use seven military bases in the national territory.

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Related Topix: World News, Colombia, Alvaro Uribe

WHP-TV Harrisburg

Air France crash memorial in Rio amid criticism

A passenger in silhouette watches an Air France aircraft at Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport September 25, 2002 in Roissy, France.

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Related Topix: World News, Brazil, Air Accidents, US News, Federal Aviation Administration

New York Times

Guyana Leader Suspects Terrorist

Recent arson attacks and shootings in this violence-racked South American nation are the work of a mastermind living in the United States, the Guyanese president said.

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Related Topix: World News, Guyana, Prison, Bharrat Jagdeo

Sunday Times

Hackers blacked out Brazil: Report

Massive power outages in Brazil in 2005 and 2007 that impacted millions were caused by cyber hackers attacking control systems, the US television network CBS says.

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Related Topix: World News, Brazil, 60 Minutes, Entertainment, Television,

Free Republic

Power Outages in Brazil Were Cyber Attacks

A series of power outages affecting millions of people in Brazil in 2005 and 2007 were the result of cyber attacks, 60 MINUTES has learned.

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Related Topix: World News, Brazil, 60 Minutes, Entertainment, Television, Computer Security, Science / Technology, US News

Fri Nov 06, 2009

National Post

Toronto to learn tonight if it will host 2015 Pan Am Games

Around dinnertime tonight, the Toronto region will find out whether it has finally overcome the stigma of past failed Olympic bids to host its first major international sporting event since the 1930s: the 2015 Pan American Game.

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Related Topix: Canada, World News, Mexico, Colombia, Peru

FOX6Now.com - WITI

Latin America news editors: Region's populist leaders...

Populist leaders around Latin America are increasingly making legal and political moves to silence their media critics, the president of the Inter American Press Association said Friday.

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Related Topix: Argentina, World News

Global Post

Easter Island: even more difficult to get to?

They are the face of Chilean guidebooks: giant statues made of volcanic rock scattered across Easter Island.

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Related Topix: Chile, World News

Jerusalem Post

Peres to emphasize Iranian threat on South America trip

President Shimon Peres is scheduled to leave for South America on Monday for state visits to Brazil and Argentina.

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Related Topix: World News, Brazil, Travel, Brazil Travel, Shimon Peres, Argentina Travel, Israel Travel

Newindpress

Colombian navy seizes 2.5 tonnes of cocaine

BOGOTA: Colombia's navy Wednesday seized 2,219 kg cocaine off the Andean nation's Pacific coast, authorities said, adding that a US Coast Guard vessel aided in the seizure.

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Related Topix: World News, Colombia, US Coast Guard, US Military, US News

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Reuters

Zelaya says Honduras pact at risk

Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said on Thursday that a deal to end a four-month political crisis was at risk of collapse but behind the scenes negotiators worked to form a temporary cabinet to run the country.

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Related Topix: Manuel Zelaya, Chile, World News

Pretoria News

Parreira has arrived

Galery: Parreira's back! The second coming of Carlos Alberto Parreira began officially early Thursday morning as he strode into OR Tambo international airport to again take up the helm of Bafana Bafana.

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Related Topix: World News, Brazil,

Payments News

MasterCard, Credicard, Redecard Launch PayPass in Brazil

MasterCard Worldwide, Credicard, Citibank's credit card administrator for the Brazilian market, and Redecard have announced the launch of MasterCard PayPass contactless payment technology in Rio de Janeiro for public transportation and other quick service merchants.

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Related Topix: Brazil, World News,

Boomtown

Old England map for Cities XL

Become a slum lord in Shakespeare's England. Monte Cristo has announced that new content will be available for free to Cities XL Planet Offer subscribers.

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Related Topix: World News, Brazil, France,

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